Show l rE Messrs Grant and Whitte I j more Warm the Democrats 1 V i ON EXPANSION AND TARIFF The Position in the Philippines Clear I ly Stated by Taj Grant and Its Logical KcBult Pointed Out Mr I V7hiltcmoro on Prosperity Bettor Prices and the Polygamy Agitation Democrats Hoply Wildly Making Vain Assertions and as Usual At ttcing The Tribune c X TRIBUNE SPECIAL St George Utah March 21 1000 The Joint debate between the Republican Republi-can speakers Messrs MnJ I A Grant and United States Attorney C U Whlilemorc and the Democratic I speakers Messrs Thomas Marloneaux and Frank Holxhelmer started at SCO Judge P L Daggett was chosen us chairman of the evening A quaricllc was rendered entitled Utah The chairman read the resolution Resolved Tlmt it Is to the best Interest Inter-est of the people of Utah lo vole for r the Republican party and appointed lion R C Lund and Samuel Miles S timekeepers J I MiVJ F Al GRANT 4 was tho first speaker for twenty inln tiLes Hosahl hat tho Dcmocrats had I made the statement thai President McKlnley had allowed the American L Hag to be dragged In the dust that the L war In the Philippines had been and Mas a failure He spoke on the war I Jn j a masterly manner showing his thorough knowledge of the heavy responsibility re-sponsibility placed upon the Administration Adminis-tration during the war and the magnificent I magni-ficent manner In which they carried It on the war to the high honor of Old Glory f GIorMusic Music by tile string band and then I United States Attorney I C 0 WHITTEMORE spoke for twentyfive minutes saying certain statements have been made by I the Democrats that could not be left I unchallenged speaking to the iesolu tlon as follows If you believe in keeping keep-Ing money at home vote the Republican Republi-can ticket if you believe in furnishing furnish-ing employment for all and paying a fair price for It if you believe Jn hay I lug prosperity Instead of pauperism and soup houses vote for the Republican Republi-can ticket He compared the condition of the balance of trade under Cleve IJnis and McKlnlcys administrations showing the enormous amount In favor fa-vor of Republicanism If you believe In maintaining a parity between gold and silver that there shall be no disturbance dis-turbance in the financial condition Then vote for the Republican ticket If you want to stop further agitation I of tlvj Roberts question a resolution I on which Is In the Democratic plat I form and stop the national enactment prohibiting that offense then vote for the Republican ticket L J HON FRANK HOLZHEIMER of Eureka spoke for thirty minutes I Ho answered as follows There was I alliance between the Filipinos and the United States and quote and read from the speech of Senator George Turner to substantiate his assertion He stated Admiral Dewey wrote and V I I Senator George Turner quoted the let It icr staling that the Filipinos were capable 1ii i ca-pable of selfgovernment as well as 1 I una lie SPORe earnestly upon the I rights of the Filipinos to Independence and selfgovernmwnt He condemned President McKinley and the Republl I tan Administration In paying tribute Instead of sending the Olympia and I Admiral Dewey to the Sultan of the Sulus Ilo condemned expansion In a I most decided and forcible manner I Ho also condemned the PortoA Rlcan I bill MR MARIONEAUX District Attorney Thomas Marion II I aux spoke foL fortyfive minutes He I attacked the trusts In forcible terms answering Mr Whlteetnore ii on pauper ism and soup houses he said we are accused of wanting free silver If we had it would the ppoplo of Utah have soup houses Here In Utah where every hill almost Is rich silver mines yic said we know people by the company com-pany they keep Mr McKinley Is the bpsom friend of Marcus Hanna one of II the greatest trust magnates Jn the world Speaking of trusts he accused Mr McKinley of being swayed by al I I torneys and representatives of trusts and quoted his change of mind In the Porto Rican bill relative to tariff on 1 m sugar and tobacco Speaking of the bII proposed amcpdment to the Constitu I tion on polygamy he said U Is a direct Insult to the people of Utah Utah has bren accused of false faith to the Na ion Will you cast your vole against a man who has the hardihood to stand up and declare himself against this in suit Speaking of the silver question I again he said when Mr Sherman In his bill demonetized silver silver and LI gold were on a parity If they were on a L parity then why can It not bo so now l He tool up the financial bill lu detail I in a logical manner explaining from a t Democratic standpoint thc detrimental I rcvult accruing therefrom He took un I tjjf Price of grain in 1807 at 1 and In I 1S3S at 40 conls asking If the Republican Republi-can parly would assume both prices as I results of Republican rule He at I tacktMi The Tribune claiming the Re I publican parly couldnt or didnt know I what to do only as dictated by The 1 c Salt Lake Tribune MR WHTITTEMORE I closed the debate with a thirty minutes upeech seating that the Democrats I wore very careful of lives especially > Mr Holzheimer who was safe at home during thc struggle He quoted m sovoral Democrats who were In favor of keeping the Islands as natural spoils of conquest Did the Democrats when they had a Democratic President and j Congress do anything for silver No They repealed the only measure referring I refer-ring to silver amId never did anything again on the sllvor question He Raid Roberts was the father of the whole I i > ole charges of polygamy In Utah when 1 he made the assertion that he had aright 1 a-right to his position in Congress the same as a great many others holding Federal positions all throughout m TTtnh who wore appointed by the pres I cut Administration He polnted with I scorn at the work of the Democratic Legislature of Itali closing urged the ti people to vote the Republican ticket |